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“Getting outdoors and experiencing the scenery, sun and sea is a universal pleasure enjoyed by millions of people on the planet. But for it to be the pleasure we expect, we need to be trained so that it doesn’t become a battle for survival.
The Skill Sheets have been compiled as a training aid that will allow all Scouts in New Zealand to: safely experience adventure and enjoy fun in the outdoors, develop the skills needed to survive in life, particularly in emergencies, care for the environment in which we live and pass it on in good condition to the next generation.
These Scout Skill Sheets are a ‘one stop shop’ of basic information for the members of SCOUTS and their leaders.
If you follow the guidelines, you will safely visit and enjoy the magnificent scenery that most people see only on TV, the internet, calendars and in magazines. You will also enjoy the friendship of many others as you live your life”.
Enjoy your Scouting.
Kelly Bleakley National Commissioner SCOUTS New Zealand
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Outdoors Cornerstone - Silver Level
Sheet Title Contents
1 Campcraft Skills Make a shelter and sleep in it. Sheet 219 Make a hot dog cooker or a toasting fork. Cook a meal in foil While on camp, assist with duties such as washing dishes, tidy the campsite, or preparing meals. 1 Outdoor trails / knots Make a simple compass Sheet 220 Draw the eight main compass points Lay and follow a trail using trail signs Learn how to tie and use a sheet bend Learn how to tie and use a round turn and two half hitches 2 Environment Skills Choose a tree and find out about it (preferably native) Sheet 221 Find out about the Outdoor Code and make a poster about it. Find out about birds in your area Identify three native plants, birds, or trees (or any combination of these) 3 Expedition skills Plan and go on an outing Sheet 222 Explore a town suburb other than your own Go for a 90 minute hike Learn about animals and their care
Community Cornerstone - Silver Sheet Title Contents
1 Helping others Find out about community services that help others Sheet 223 Learn more about people with disabilities Clean up litter in a public place Grow vegetables or pot plants 2 My Community Learn about other youth organisations Sheet 224 Find out about local history Where is ANZAC Day held in your community 3a Emergencies Make a list of items needed for a home natural disaster kit sheet 225 Find out what to do in the event of a burst water pipe and a gas leak. Explain what to do if lost in the bush. Find out about Civil Defence or visit a Civil Defence Office Make a list of emergency and frequently used phone numbers, include your next of kin. 3b Emergencies Make a list of family emergency phone numbers Sheet 226 4a and 4 b Our World, Correspond with a Cub from another country Our Country Learn a greeting from another culture Sheets 227, 228 Make a poster about Scouting in another country Learn a Maori Legend Learn a Maori string game (see 4b) Learn about St George
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Personal Development Cornerstone - Silver Level
Sheet Title Contents
1 Life Skills Demonstrate how to use and care for hand tools. Sheet 229 Learn how to send a text message on a Learn the Road Code for cyclists
2 Physical Skills Take part in a gymnastic display. Sheet 230 Take part in a wheels activity: rollerblading, cycling etc. Attempt a confidence course. Climb a rope ladder. Demonstrate two Maori string games.
3 Expression Skills Tell a story using puppets Sheet 231 Perform a play or a skit Learn a new craft Learn how to make a kite Make a useful article Learn some campfire songs and yells
4 Discovery Skills Build a Detective Kit – build the kit to detect animals or spies. Sheet 232 Help make a Pack song book. Discover something new and tell the Pack about it. Be an observer of nature and investigate small creatures – record what you have observed.
New Experiences Cornerstone - Silver Level
Sheet Title Contents 1 New Experiences Complete a Personal Challenge Badge. Sheet 233 Participate in a National Programme event, activity or theme. Participate in a Zone or Regional Event. Participate in a Team or Pack Challenge.
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CUB SILVER AWARD SCHEME SKILL SHEET OUTDOORS CORNERSTONE 1
RECOMMENDED CAMPCRAFT SKILLS Complete any three of these options Make a shelter and sleep in it. Make a hot dog cooker or a toasting fork. Cook a meal in foil While on camp, assist with duties such as washing dishes, tidy the campsite, or preparing meals.
Make A Hot Dog Cooker Make A Toasting Fork For this you need: A toasting fork is very useful in camp as you can make toast and you can also use it for cooking An empty milk carton sausages. A long bread roll A frankfurter or chipolata For this you need: sausage A length of wire Mustard or tomato sauce. (not too stiff) You can cook the hotdog on a A pair of pliers BBQ, or on the embers of a campfire. This is what you do: 1. Bend the wire in half Here is what you do: around a tent pole 1. Cut the top flap so that you can fit the bread roll into the carton. Wash the carton thoroughly. 2. Get someone to hold the 2. Slice the bread roll tent pole while you wind lengthwise and put the the wire around itself until chipolata sausage into you have about 150mm it. Add sauce. left free and not wound 3. Slide the bread roll into up. the empty carton so that it is held tightly.
4. Shut the carton and place it on the BBQ or Slide the wire off the tent pole embers for about 5 minutes. and bend the free ends so that 5. Remove the carton from the they resemble the fork in the stove or fire and let it cool for a illustration. few minutes.
6. Peel off the charred cardboard
and ease the bread roll out of the Push a slice of bread carton, add more sauce if you onto the forks and hold wish and then eat and enjoy it. it above the embers or the BBQ.
Assist With Tidying The Camp It’s important that Cubs all help each other and take turns at keeping the camp tidy and clean.
When at your next camp, assist with duties such as washing dishes, tidying the campsite, or preparing meals.
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Making A Simple Shelter Cook A Meal In Foil There are many This activity may be done at Cubs on a BBQ or in ways to build a the oven at the hall. Your Leaders will light and simple shelter. manage the BBQ if you use that.
Here is one way. There are many choices for food to cook, including:
banana, apples, You will need the following: sausages, A sheet of polythene about 2.4m x 2.4m spare ribs, Two lashing ropes or light cord about 2m long potatoes, Two thin poles or branches about 1 metre long onions. Ten small tent pegs Two pebbles or small stones about 25mm The instructions below are round. for one option. Two friends to help you. You need the following: You also need to be able to tie these two knots. A clove hitch and a round turn and two half hitches. A sheet of cooking foil about 50cm long Follow these steps Cooking oil spray 1. Fold the polythene sheet in half so you can find A sausage, or a meat or the centre of each side. vegetarian patty 2. Place one of the One slice of cheese pebbles or stones Tomato Sauce under the polythene where the fold is and A BBQ for cooking grip it so the stone Two slices of bread cannot come out. 3. Tie a clove hitch knot Make up the foil package under the stone. The stone acts as an anchor 1. Place the sausage or patty on the foil and and traps the rope so it cannot come off the spray or wipe with cooking oil. polythene. Do the same to the other side of 2. Slice the sausage lengthwise and insert the the sheet. The fold is the top of the shelter cheese, or lay the cheese on top of the 4. Place four pegs through the edge of one side of patty. the polythene to make one side of the shelter. 3. Squirt a generous helping of tomato sauce on the top. 5. Lift the ropes and tie them around the top of the two poles using a clove hitch if there is no 4. Wrap up the package and flatten the folded fork. edge so it is well sealed. 5. Place on the BBQ for 10 minutes, turn and 6. Have two friends hold the poles up while you cook for another 5 minutes. put a tent peg out 1 metre from either end of the poles and tie the ropes to the pegs using a 6. Remove the patty from the heat and allow it round turn and two half hitches. to cool. 7. Open and place the patty between the slices 7. Stretch the other side of the polythene out and of bread and eat. place four pegs through the edge to keep the shelter upright. Put a sheet of plastic on the floor of the shelter and have a rest. Page 2 of 2
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CUB SILVER AWARD SCHEME SKILL SHEET OUTDOORS CORNERSTONE 2
RECOMMENDED OUTDOOR SKILLS Complete any three of these options Make a simple compass Draw the eight main compass points Lay and follow a trail using trail signs Learn how to tie and use a sheet bend Learn how to tie and use a round turn and two half hitches
Lay A Trail Using Trail Signs How To Make A Simple Compass In this activity you lay a trail for other Cubs to These are quite easy to make. follow and then you follow the trail they laid. This You need: helps you become more observant and have fun A sewing needle which is made of steel while learning. A thin piece of polystyrene (cut a strip off a Here are some trail signs you can use: meat tray) A bar magnet or a fridge magnet A saucer of water Here is what you do: 1. Hold the needle in your fingers. 2. Stroke the magnet along the needle towards the point at least 5 times. This magnetises the needle. 3. Cut a piece of thin polystyrene with scissors to make a float about 4cm long, 2cm wide. 4. Push the needle through the float lengthwise. 5. Place the float gently on the water in the saucer.
1. ‘Go home’. Go back to base, it’s the end of the trail. 2. ‘Creek or water this way’. 3. ‘Go left’. Follow the direction of the grass. 4. ‘Straight ahead’. Follow the track. 5. ‘Turn left’. Follow the arrow head. 6. ‘Turn right’. Follow the arrow head. 7. ‘Four paces’. Go in the direction of the arrow. 8. ‘Three paces’. Go in the direction of the arrow. 9. ‘Danger’. Stop, turn around and go back. 10. ‘Stop’. Wrong way, turn around and go back. 6. The needle and float will slowly rotate until 11. ‘Straight ahead’. the point of the needle is pointing to 12. ‘Straight ahead two paces’. magnetic North. 13. ‘Straight ahead’ along the track. When you have made the compass, show it to a leader 14. ‘Stop’. Go back, look for the trail. who will check that it does point North. 15. ‘Four people went along the left fork in the Hint: Try pushing the needle through a dry leaf and track, and two went along the right fork’. then floating that in the saucer. Does it work? 16. ‘Straight ahead’. 17. ‘Go in the direction of the small stone’. Page 1 of 2
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How To Tie And Use A Sheet Bend Eight Compass Points
This knot is used to join two The four main compass ropes of different thickness. The points are called the thinner rope (A) locks the thicker ‘Cardinal’ points. rope and stops it slipping. They were developed Your Sixer or Cub Leader will hundreds of years ago show you how to tie this knot if for sailors who could not you need help. read numbers.
How To Tie And Use A Round Turn And Two Half Hitches Remember the 4 main points, North, East, South, West. Then you can work out the four This hitch is used by Cubs to tie tent inter-cardinal points. ropes to tent pegs. Halfway between N and E is NE. Your Sixer or Cub Leader will show you how to tie this knot if you need Halfway between S and E is SE. help. Halfway between S and W is SW. Halfway between N and W is NW. (Note that N and S come first e.g. NE or SW).
Hint: East is where the sun rises each morning West is where the suns sets each evening.
Remember it like this: Up in the East, Down in the West.
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CUB SILVER AWARD SCHEME SKILL SHEET OUTDOORS CORNERSTONE 3
RECOMMENDED ENVIRONMENT SKILLS Complete any three of these options Choose a tree and find out about it (preferably native) Find out about the Outdoor Code and make a poster about it. Find out about birds in your area Identify three native plants, birds, or trees (or any combination of these)
Identify Three Native Plants / Birds / Find Out About Birds In Your Area Animals Each part of New Zealand has some birds that are For this activity you have to be able to identify the same, but others are quite different. What three native objects. It could be one tree, one birds are common to the place where you live? bird and one animal or any combination of these. Here are some birds found in New Zealand. Have Look for a book in your school library learn about you seen any of these around your home? If so these. Or you could look on the Dept of find out more about them from the internet or Conservation website if you have internet access. from the School library and then answer these questions for the Cub Leaders. Here are some photos to get you started. What do they eat? Where do build their nests? Are they native to NZ or from another country?
Tui Wood pigeon Wax eye NZ Sparrow Photo Christopher Gunn Birds of NZ website
Thrush (FreeNZPhotos.com website) Kowhai Tree Totara Tree Cabbage Tree
NZ Fantail (Photo Sandy Austin) Koura (crayfish) Weta Brown Skink
Images courtesy of the Dept Of Conservation website
NZ Blackbird Resource Books Photo Christopher Gunn Birds of NZ website This book will be very helpful
‘Collins Field Guide to New Zealand Wildlife’ by Terence Lindsey and Rob Morris.
Kingfisher You should be able to find it in a local library. Photo Christopher Gunn Birds of NZ website
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The Scout Outdoor Code Find Out About A Tree Look around at school or home and see if you can find a tree that is native to New Zealand and doesn’t grow anywhere else in the world. Use a book out of the school library or look on the internet to find out about the tree.
Find out things like: What part of NZ does it usually grow in? How tall does it grow? Does it grow very slowly, or quite quickly?
This is the Outdoor Code for New Zealand Cubs and Scouts. You might like to make a framed copy for yourself and hang it in your room at home. While you are working on it, think about the words and what they mean. The Outdoor Code is about caring for the environment we live in and share with birds, animals, insects and plants.
To make this framed Outdoor Code you need: 4 pieces of bamboo (from a garden shop or your garden) About 3 metres of brown or white string A piece of white cloth the same size as a sheet of paper in your school exercise book A felt pen for writing the code A paper punch for punching holes in the cloth Hint: Use some sticky tape to hold the frame together, then tie the string over it in a criss cross manner to make it stronger and also to make it look good. Page 2 of 2
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RECOMMENDED EXPEDITION SKILLS Complete any three of these options Plan and go on an outing. Go on an hour to 1 1/2 hour hike. Explore a town or suburb other than your own. Visit a Zoo, animal park or veterinary clinic that teaches about animals and their care.
Plan And Go On An Outing Explore a Town or Suburb Other This is much the Than Your Own same as the other It is always interesting outing you to see a community or attended, but in town that is different this case you have from our own. to be involved in deciding where to In this case you need go, when and for to explore with your how long. parents or a leader, a suburb that is new to Talk to your Cub you and work out the Leader about your road you came into ideas for somewhere to visit and then help make the town on and how the arrangements to get there and back. to get back home again. Go For A Hike While you are in this community, have a walk around the local shops This is another great or park and become familiar with them so you opportunity to go will know your way around next time you visit. out exploring and see new sights. The At your next Cub night tell your leader where you Cub Leaders will went, what you did, and what you saw. arrange the activity, but the Cubs can Learn About Animals And Their Care make suggestion as to where they would Animals need to be cared for all like to go. and have many of the same needs as humans. If we want The hike should take between one and one and a our pets to be our friends we half hours at the most and may or may not have to show we care for them. include a picnic lunch. For this activity the Cub Pack Here are some safety things to note: could visit a local Veterinary Clinic, or visit a local Always take a day pack with a sweater, a Zoo if there is one in your community and learn raincoat and a pair of long trousers in case about caring for animals. the weather changes. Your school back pack Caring for your pet would be fine. Shelter All animals need a warm clean shelter Carry a bottle of water with you and sip it in bad weather. often. Water All animals need access to fresh water Carry some sunscreen with you and apply it. Food All animals need a regular supply of Wear a sun hat or cap. good nutritious food. Take some snacks with you such as nut bars, Exercise Most animals need regular daily an apple or an orange and perhaps a banana. exercise. Wear comfortable sneakers that won’t hurt Affection Pets need you to pay attention to them your feet and cause blisters. each day and show you care for them.
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CUB SILVER AWARD SCHEME SKILL SHEET COMMUNITY CORNERSTONE 1
RECOMMENDED HELPING OTHERS SKILLS Complete any three of these options Find out about community services that help other people. With other Cubs clean up the litter in a public place. Grow vegetables, pot plants etc and then give them to needy people. Find out about activities that may be difficult for people with impaired hearing or sight etc.
Find Out About Community Services Learn More About People With That Help Other People Disabilities There are lots of Perhaps you could find out more organisations in about the difficulties people with the local town and disabilities have by talking to your cities that help parents or perhaps the parents of people in need. a disabled person. The best people to You could ask some of the ask are those at following questions depending on the local Citizens what disability they have: Advice Bureau or if How do they shower or wash themselves? there is a local City or How do they manage to get dressed? Regional Council Office, the staff there may know. How do they pick things up off the floor? How do they eat if their hands are injured? Check and see if any of these organisations How do they get on or off a bus or a car? are in your community. A few may be: How do they receive telephone messages? The Arthritis Foundation How do they know someone is at the door? A Food Bank What can’t they eat if they are diabetic or A Disabilities Centre have an allergy? St John Ambulance Always check first that it’s OK to ask these questions. You don’t want to embarrass people. CCS (physical disabilities) Tell your Cub Leader what you learned from this. IHC (intellectual disabilities) Diabetic society Gluten and allergy society Clean Up Litter Impaired hearing society In A Public Place Impaired vision society This is about the whole Pack doing a A Citizens Advice Centre good turn and Counselling centre cleaning up around the Scout Hall or in a Church run opportunity shops local park and helping There may be many more, so see if you can find keep the place looking any other organisations in your community that clean and tidy. help people who need assistance. It’s good idea to wear gloves, or if you like, you See if your parents can assist you find out what can make your own out of several ‘Bread Bags’ sort of people each society helps. Explain what put over your hands and fastened with a rubber you have learned to your leaders. band around your wrist.
Do beware of dangerous objects like broken glass or needles. Ask your leaders to pick these up.
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Grow Vegetables, Or Pot Plants Grow Vegetables In A Garden One of the basic life skills is to be able to grow Your can do this at home, or if there is enough your own food should it become necessary, This room at the Scout Hall, the pack can make a gar- task helps you learn how to grow seedlings in den and grow vegetables there. pots or the garden. You will need adults to dig the garden. Pot plants make great presents for people, espe- cially if the plants have colourful flowers or are It will take about three months native tree seedlings that can be planted in the to grow the vegetables and it garden later. really needs to be done in the Your Cub Leader or your parents will be able to spring which is the end of the 3rd school term. help you plant a seed in a pot or in the garden.
How to plant a seed in a pot Growing your own vegetables You can make your own pot out of a yoghurt There are several pottle or a instant noodle pot if you wish. Here is steps involved in how: preparing a garden and growing your own 1. With a nail or a skewer, vegetables. punch a hole in the bottom of the pot so that 1. Clear any weeds water can seep out. or grass from the garden site. 2. Fill the pot with potting mix, or some soil out of 2. Dig the soil and the garden add some blood and bone or general garden fertiliser. 3. Press the soil down lightly and then make a 3. Plant the vegetable seedlings and hole in the soil with your water them finger, drop the seed in immediately so they get a good start. and push the mix or soil 4. Put slug and snail bait around the seedlings back over the hole. to stop them being eaten by the insects. 4. Water the mix or soil and 5. Water the garden at least twice a week in then sit the pot on a hot weather. saucer in a sheltered spot where it will get the sun 6. Gently hoe the soil between the plants at for part of the day. least every ten days to aerate the soil, kill any weeds, and help the plants grow. How can you tell when plants need water? It’s important to make sure the seedling gets the correct amount of water when needed. Press your finger lightly into the soil or potting mix. If the soil sticks to your finger then it doesn’t need water today, but test it again tomorrow as by then it may.
How much water do you give a pot plant? Pour about a quarter of a cup of water into the pot and wait to see if water seeps out the bottom of the pot and into the saucer. If it does the plant has enough water. If it doesn’t seep out, pour in a bit more and wait again. After you have done this a few times you will be able to guess how much water the plant needs. Page 2 of 2
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MY COMMUNITY REQUIREMENTS Complete all these options Find out where the nearest ANZAC Day ceremony is held Find out the history of the local area Find out about, belong to or participate in an activity with another youth organisation.
Other Youth Organisations Find Out About Local History This is about Visit the local information understanding and centre and ask if they have any appreciating other leaflets about local places of organisations that historical interest. your friends and Study these and then explain to school mates might your Leaders what you have belong to. learned. You may already If you live in a small town or the belong to one or more countryside, ask your friends and organisations, so if you do, tell your Leaders neighbours who knows about the about your involvement and get this requirement history of the community. Then talk to your marked off. leaders about asking that person to come and talk to your Cub Pack. If you don’t belong to another youth organisation, talk it over with your parents and then ask one of your friends if you can come along to a game or meeting and see what they do. Then tell your Where is the nearest ANZAC leaders about it. Day held? Here are some possible Find out about the nearest organisations you might either ANZAC Day ceremony: belong to or could visit: Where is it held Soccer, Rugby, Netball or On what date Hockey Club Skating Club At what time of the day Swimming Club Once you have discovered Basketball or Softball Club this, give the information to Model Train or Aircraft Club the Cub Leader and have the Music Club task marked as completed. St John’s Ambulance Church Youth Group Athletics Gymnastics What else?
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CUB SILVER AWARD SKILL SHEET COMMUNITY CORNERSTONE 3a
RECOMMENDED EMERGENCIES SKILLS Complete any three of the options on 3a and 3b Make a list of items needed for a natural disaster kit at home. Find out what to do in the event of a burst water pipe and a gas leak. Explain what to do if lost in the bush. Find out about Civil Defence or visit a Civil Defence headquarters Make a list of emergency and frequently used phone numbers, include your next of kin.
Find out about Civil Defence Home Natural Disaster Kit
Find out about Civil Defence in your area or visit a Make a list of items needed for a natural disaster Civil Defence headquarters in your Zone. kit at home. Here are suggestions from the Civil Defence is an “Get Ready Get Thru” website. important section of the community we live in. Their staff are the people who are trained to coordinate and manage the teams who rescue and provide assistance Emergency Survival Items to people faced Torch with spare batteries, or a self- with disaster. charging torch It was Civil Defence staff who organised Radio with spare batteries emergency teams to provide the huge tents and Wind and waterproof clothing, sun hats, and the meals for people in Christchurch after the strong outdoor shoes earthquake damaged their homes and work First aid kit and essential medicines places. The rescue effort for communities who need help after a flood, tsunami, tornado, or Blankets or sleeping bags disastrous fire are also co-ordinated and led by Pet supplies Civil Defence. Emergency toilet - toilet paper and large Most of the staff are volunteers, especially in the rubbish bags smaller communities. In the smaller towns the Face and dust masks Civil Defence Headquarters are usually in the Check all batteries every 3 months. Regional Council’s office building. A Cub Leader will organise a visit to the Civil Food and Water for 3 DAYS or more Defence Head Quarters so you can see how it is Non-perishable food (canned or dried food) organised. Food, formula and drinks for babies and children Drinking Water (3 litres per person, per day) Water for washing and cooking A primus or gas barbeque to cook on A can opener What to do: In a team or 3 or 4, or by your- self, make up a poster that lists these items. Cut photos out of advertisements and use them to illustrate your poster and make it eye catching and easy to remember. Page 1 of 2
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What To Do If A Water Pipe Bursts What To Do About A Gas Leak It’s often hard to tell if a A gas leak is a very water pipe has burst. dangerous situation because Sometimes the only sign is the slightest spark may cause a that the wall, floor or ceil- huge explosion. ing of a bathroom, laundry or kitchen will start to get This is what you do if there wet and sag. is a strong smell of gas Burst water pipes don’t hurt people, but they do 1. Get out of the house make a mess and cause lots of expensive immediately. damage. 2. Shout and yell “Gas, Gas, Gas” to warn oth- ers as loudly as you can once you are out- This is what you do if you think a water pipe side. has burst 3. Go to a neighbour and ask Tell an adult living in the house them to ring 111 and report immediately. a gas leak. Find the master on /off tap or valve and 4. Try and stop others going turn the water off to the entire house. near the house and don’t go inside until a fireman says it The master on /off valve is called a Toby Valve is safe to do so. and is found in one of two places. It may look like this. 5. Don’t use a cell phone or 1. Look for a square, round or use the phone in the house oval cover plate on your front because the slightest spark lawn. Lift the plate up and may cause an explosion. turn off the valve or tap. The firemen will find the master on/off valve 2. Look in the garage if it is which is usually on the wall of the house, turn it attached to the house. The off, and then open all the doors and windows to valve will be behind a small let the gas out of the house. cupboard door, probably near Explain to your Cub Leader what to do if you the garage door. smell gas, and show you understand how serious Look for the Toby Valve in your a gas leak is. house and tell your Cub Leader where you found it.
Lost In The Bush? Here are some rules to help you survive if you are lost in the bush. Stay where you are and try and keep calm. Call out from time to time and whack a tree trunk with a big stick to make a noise. Look for somewhere to shelter that is beside or on the track so searchers can see you. Gather some ferns and twigs together to sleep on in case you are there overnight. If you are there overnight, put on all the clothes you have with you. Pull ferns and brush over the top of you to help keep warm. Stay where you are until help arrives. Page 2 of 2
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RECOMMENDED EMERGENCIES SKILLS Complete any three of the options on 3a and 3b Make a list of items needed for a natural disaster kit at home. Find out what to do in the event of a burst water pipe and a gas leak. Explain what to do if lost in the bush. List your emergency and frequently used phone numbers. Find out about Civil Defence in your area or visit a Civil Defence headquarters in your Zone.
Make a List of Emergency Phones Make a list of emergency and frequently used phone numbers for your house, including the phone number of your ‘next of kin’.
Here are some to think about. What others can you think of?
Ambulance, Fire, Police Police Station Family Doctor Emergency Clinic Dentist Gas supplier Electricity supplier Grandparents
Mother’s cell phone Father’s cell phone
What is ‘Next of Kin’? This is a person who is related to you and who you would like to be called if there is an emergency and you need help. It might be your parents, your grandparents, or an Uncle and Aunt.
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OUR WORLD, OUR COUNTRY REQUIREMENTS Complete any three of these options Correspond with a Cub from another country Learn greetings and simple words from another culture Tell the rest of the Pack a Maori Legend. Learn a Maori string game. (See Community Cornerstone 4b) Find out about the Patron Saint of Scouting. Make a poster using pictures and information about Scouting in another country, their awards, interest badges and activities.
Correspond With A Cub From Greetings From Another Culture Another Country It’s good to be able to This is an activity that could be done as a Pack, say “hello” or “good Six or by one Cub. If you enjoy writing letters morning” to someone in your community then this would be a good activity for you. who is from another The Cub Leader will make contact with a Cub culture and country. Leader in another country and arrange for you to People usually write to one of their Cubs and for them to reply. appreciate that you One upon a time it was all done by made the effort to writing on paper and mailing it so it learn a little bit of their language. went by ship. It took up to 18 weeks Discuss this with your Cub Leader and then help to receive a reply depending on find someone who was born in another country. where the other Cub lived. Ask them if they will come to Cubs and teach Today you can send an email and get your Six or the whole Pack several common a reply in a few days if you are greetings in their own language. lucky. They might even be able to teach you a game Once you have made contact, show they played in their own country. your Cub Leaders several of the emails or letters so they can mark this activity as completed for you. Maori Legends For this section of the Award Scheme you need to learn about a Maori Legend and then tell the Make A Poster About Scouting Cubs in the Pack about it. Overseas It would be good if you had some drawings or Make a poster using pictures and information pictures you made yourself to illustrate your talk. about Scouting in another country. Here is an internet link that might be helpful. Find out about: http://history-nz.org/maori9.html their awards, (lists 3 legends) interest badges, The legend of Maui and the and activities. magic fishhook. Select a country and then ask Kupe, and the discovery of your parents or caregiver to look Aotearoa (New Zealand) on the internet and see what they The story of the Creation can find about Scouting there.
Print off some of the images and There will be some books use them to decorate your poster. about Maori Legends in your School or local Here is one poster from the United community library that you can use. Kingdom. Here is a picture of one you may be able to find. And here is a Cub Poster from Ireland. Page 1 of 2
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Why Is St George The Patron Saint Of Learn A Maori String Game Scouting? Maori string games are called ‘Whai’ and were Lord Baden-Powell choose St George to be the practised by both children and adults as Scout Movement’s Patron Saint because he had entertainment to pass the time. the qualities of the legendary Roman soldier; Often the Maori composed songs to sing as they qualities that reflect good Scouting. played and the words helped them remember the Responsibility moves in the game. Learn all this and Truthfulness Here is a website that may help. then explain it in Devotion to duty http://maori-string-figures.blogspot.co.nz/ your own words to a A brave heart Cub Leader. A noble spirit Dedication to helping others
The Legend of St George The legend goes that George was a son of a nobleman in the Roman army, and became a Refer to Skill Sheet cavalry officer. That “Cub Silver Community 4b Maori Whai” means he rode a horse for detailed instructions for this activity. into battle. George became a Christian and decided to leave the army and travel to the palace of the Emperor Diocletian, to plead with him to stop being cruel to Christians. As he rode on his horse through Sylene (in present-day Libya), he found that one of the cities was plagued by an evil dragon that lurked in a swamp. This terrifying creature could only be pacified by feeding it with human bodies, and every day one of the citizens was chosen by drawing lots and was sacrificed. The King's own daughter, Cleolinda, was going to be the victim on the day that George arrived. He hurried to help her, even though his only weapon was a spear. With awesome courage he charged on his horse at the fire-breathing dragon, killed it and saved the princess's life.
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MAORI WHAI—String games Learn a Maori string game and demonstrate how to play it.
Learn A Maori String Game The Two Diamonds Whai Maori string games are called ‘Whai’ and were practised by both children and adults as entertainment to pass the time. Often the Maori composed songs to sing as they played and the words helped them remember the Fig 6: Begin with the ‘Opening A’ stage. Then slip the moves in the game. thumb strings off. Here is a website that may help. http://maori-string-figures.blogspot.co.nz/
Fig 7: Pull the strings tight. The ‘Opening A’ Stage - The Starting Point For Most Whai
Fig 8: Push down the nearest three strings with the thumbs. Then with the backs of the thumbs pick up the far little finger string from below.
Fig 1: Make a loop out of the string and place it behind the little finger and thumb as shown above.
Fig 9: Still holding this string on the backs of the Fig 2: With the right forefinger, pick up thumbs, pull this towards you till it is the nearest one. the left palmar string from below, allowing the loop to pass around the back of the right forefinger.
Fig 10: Lift the near forefinger string of the left hand over the top of the left thumb using the opposite hand or your teeth. Do the same with the string round the right forefinger. Fig 11: Turn the Fig 3: Pull the strings tight by parting the hands. thumbs down between strings ‘a’ and ‘b’ and bring them up again in Fig 4: Pick up the right palmar string front of ‘a’. from below using the back of the left forefinger. Take it from the base of the Fig 12: Turn the palms upwards so that right forefinger between the string round a triangle ’A’ appears at the base of the that finger. thumb. Put the tip of each forefinger through the triangle, and keep it pressed on the base of the thumb (point A). Slip the strings off the little finger.
Fig 13: Keep strings on the forefingers and thumbs. Turn palms away and stretch Fig 5: Pull the strings tight by parting the hands once wide. more. This stage is called “Opening A” and is the starting point for many of the Whai. 2 Page 1 of 2
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Make A Four Diamond Whai
Fig 1: Start with the ‘Opening A’ stage. Then pick up the far little finger string from below with the backs of the Fig 6: Turn the thumbs down between strings ‘A’ thumbs, and pull it up to the front. and ‘B’ and bring it up again in front of ’A’.
Fig 7: Turn thumbs outwards so that a triangle ‘A’ appears at the base of the thumbs.
Fig 2: With the thumbs, press down on top of the near forefinger strings, then with the backs of the thumbs pick up the forefinger strings from below and pull up to the Fig 8: As before, press down with the tips of the front. Slip the string from the little fingers. Now there are forefingers through the triangle on point A, then loops around the forefingers and thumbs. slip the little finger strings. Turn the palms away and spread the hands wide.
Fig 3: With the backs of the little fingers, pick up the far thumb strings from below and pull back.
Fig 4: Slip the thumb strings off. Now there are loops around the little fingers andthe fore fingers. The strings should have a criss–cross effect.
Fig 5: Push down on the forefinger strings with the thumbs, and pick up near the little finger strings from below and pull up the front. Lift the near forefinger string on to the thumbs.
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RECOMMENDED LIFE SKILLS Complete any three of these options Demonstrate how to use and care for hand tools. Learn how to send a text message on a mobile phone. Learn the Road Code for pedestrians Learn the Road Code for cyclists
How To Care For Hand Tools Learn How to Text Looking after tools is Texting on a mobile phone is an really important for a effective way to keep in touch for little tradesman because cost compared with a voice call. he or she cannot do Your parents or an older brother or sister will be their job properly if able to teach you to safely send a text message. their tools aren’t Once you have learned, send this message to clean and working your Cub Leader. correctly. If we borrow tools, “ I can text” (and add your name). it’s also important we Here are some important points: look after them and 1. Never send a text that may be hurtful keep them clean and stored in the correct place 2. Never reply to texts that you find hurtful. so they can be found when needed. 3. Always tell parents if you receive a hurtful text. Tools are usually expensive, and good tools are very expensive, so people will not lend them if we do not look after them. Learn The Code For Cyclists Here are some basic rules for several sorts of NZ has a Code for Cyclists and they tools. are expected to understand the Gardening tools code. Clean the dirt off them when you Here are ten rules for cyclists: have finished using them. 1. Keep left and use the correct Lightly spray them with a can of lane rust preventative to protect 2. Be safe and courteous when cy- them. cling in groups, If you blunt them, tell the owner 3. Pass other vehicles safely and in single file, so they can be sharpened ready 4. Use the correct hand signals, for using next time. 5. Only ride on the path if delivering papers etc, Hang them up in the shed. 6. Always wear a safety helmet,
7. Ride with lights from 30 minutes before dark, Mechanics tools 8. Your cycle must be kept in good condition, Wipe them clean with a rag when 9. Get off the bike and walk across intersections, finished. or do a ‘hook turn’, Hang them up or put them in the 10. Expect hazards and try to tool box. avoid them.
Things your bike must have Household tools A. A red or yellow reflector Wash and dry the tools (knives, facing behind the bike scissors etc). Put them back where you got B. Good brakes on both them from so they are ready for wheels next time. For more information go to: If they need sharpening or re- http://www.nzta.govt.nz/resources/roadcode/ pairing tell the owner. cyclist-code/docs/cyclist-code-2012-high.pdf More over the page. Page 1 of 2
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General Pedestrian Guidelines Hand Signals For Cyclists Footpaths provide I am I am I am a safe place for turning turn- going you to walk. left . ing to Where a footpath right. stop. is provided, use it. A hook turn Where there is no footpath: 1. Keep in the cycle lane, or the left lane. walk on the side of the road facing on- coming traffic (except on curves, where it 2. Cycle across the is best to walk on the outside edge of the intersection when the curve) light for straight ahead turns green. if possible, walk off the road, or as close as possible to the edge of the road 3. Stop in the marked area of road just before the At night, wear light-coloured or reflective footpath, but clear of traffic going straight clothing, or carry a torch to help you be seen. ahead, and angle your cycle so it's pointing to When using a shared path you must be the right. careful and considerate. A shared path may 4. When the light opposite turns green, cycle be a cycle path, a footpath, or some other across the intersection keeping left. kind of path used by pedestrians, cyclists, riders of mobility devices and riders of wheeled recreational vehicles at the same Pedestrian Crossings time. There will be a sign telling you it is a shared path. If you are within 20 metres of a pedestrian crossing or traffic signals, you must use the Be careful when passing driveways, particu- crossing, footbridge, underpass or pedestrian larly when your visibility is restricted by build- traffic signals to cross the road. ings or fences as the driver may not see you. Don't dawdle on a pedestrian crossing. Cross the road only when it is safe to do so. Always check all nearby roads for vehicles Don't step out suddenly onto a pedestrian before you cross and quickly walk straight crossing if any vehicles are so close to the across the road. crossing that they cannot stop. Remember, it takes time for a vehicle to stop. Courtesy Crossings Be sensible and wait for a gap in the traffic before crossing the road. Courtesy crossings are not official When crossing the road at an intersection, pedestrian remember to check behind and in front for crossings. turning vehicles. They provide a When crossing the road at night, cross near a place where street light if you can. drivers can If you need to cross the road when you get off stop safely to a bus, wait until the bus has moved away be- allow fore checking for moving vehicles. pedestrians to If you have to cross the road between parked cross. vehicles, move out as far as the headlight of a Drivers are not parked car nearest the traffic and wait for a obliged to stop gap before crossing the road. at courtesy crossings, so use them with care. Young children should hold an older person's hand.
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RECOMMENDED PHYSICAL SKILLS Complete any three of these options Take part in a gymnastic display. Take part in a wheels activity: rollerblading, cycling etc. Attempt a confidence course. Climb a rope ladder. Demonstrate two Maori string games.
Take Part In A Gymnastic Display Take Part In A Wheels Activity If you take gymnastics at school This can be done at Cubs during a or belong to a gymnastic club Wheels programme night, or you then this is the activity for you. can do it with friends or at a Ask your coach to sign a slip of sports club. paper stating you have taken The basic requirement is that the part in a gymnastic display. activity must be involved with you riding on wheels of some sort.
Here are some suggestions How To climb A Rope Ladder ‘Roller blading’ with friends or Cubs. Climbing a rope ladder is quite Taking part in a cycle ride with your parents different from climbing a or Cubs. standard ladder. Skate boarding at the local park with your Keeping your balance on a parents. rope ladder is most Go Karting with your family. important. Taking part in a car gymkhana with your The skill is to: family. Keep your feet to the sides of the rungs. What about safety? Put your leg around the back of the ladder We don’t want you with a bruised and put your heel back through and onto head or knees, damaged wrists, arms the rung. This stops the ladder moving away or ankles so do make sure you wear from your feet. the appropriate safety gear. It helps if you move your right hand up, Explain to your Cub Leader what then your left foot. Then move your left activity you are going to do and what hand up, followed by your right foot. safety gear you are going to wear.
Take Part In A Confidence Course This activity you will Make sure you are safety conscious and wear do at Cubs, probably the at a Cub Camp. correct harness on the flying fox if there is If you have already one. been through a If there is a climbing wall, then you may need confidence course at a climbing helmet as well as a harness and Cub Camp you can safety rope. mark this off as This is also a good chance to encourage the done. new Cubs in your Six and help them enjoy the Most confidence course and get through it safely for the first courses need team work so it’s a good chance time. for your Six to get together and compete with the other Sixes in the Pack.
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Maori String Games Demonstrate two Maori string games you have just learned. You may need to find someone from the Maori community to teach you the string games. They are quite involved, but a lot of fun. Here is a website that may be useful as it shows about six or more different shapes and designs and the stories that go with them. http://maori-string-figures.blogspot.co.nz/
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CUB SILVER AWARD SKILL SHEET PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT CORNERSTONE 3
EXPRESSION REQUIREMENTS Complete any three of these options Tell a story using puppets. Perform a play or a skit. Make a kite. Learn some campfire songs and yells. Make a useful article. Learn a new craft—invite or visit a craft specialist to learn the new craft.
Tell A Story Using Puppets Perform A Play Or A Skit Part of learning to express ourselves effectively is A Skit is a short play or a to take part in play acting. joke performed at a Cub or Scout Campfire. Here is what you need to make a puppet Why not try using the pup- A tube of contact glue or rapid setting model glue pet? Pair up with another Cub and use your puppets A small square of black felt to tell “Knock Knock” jokes.
Two ping pong balls Scissors A black marker pen Two clothes pegs Here are some you can try. 60 cm knitting wool A Sock 1st Puppet: Doctor, Doctor I swallowed a bone. 1. Pull the sock over your 2nd Puppet: Are you choking? hand with the heel of the 1st Puppet: No, I really did! sock over the back of your wrist. 1st Puppet: Doctor, Doctor I think I need 2. Push the toe end of the glasses. sock back inside your hand 2nd Puppet: You certainly do sir, this is a fish to make the mouth. Run a and chip shop!
line of glue down the inside 1st Puppet: Doctor, Doctor my son has of each cheek and then use swallowed my pen, what should the clothes pegs to clamp I do? the cheeks together for 3 minutes until the glue sets. 2nd Puppet: Use a pencil ‘till I get there
3. Use the marker pen to 1st Puppet: Doctor, Doctor I think I'm a mark where the ping pong bell? ball eyes should go. Take the sock off your hand. 2nd Puppet: Take these and if it doesn't help give me a ring! 4. Place a dab of glue where the pen marks are and a See if you can find more “knock knock” jokes to similar dab on the ping use with your puppets. If you wish you can make pong ball. After 2 minutes up a play that will take about 1 minute to press the ping pong balls perform with or without the puppets. onto the glued spots. 5. Cut the eyes out of the black felt, dab with glue Learn A New Craft and stick to the ping pong This activity could involve all the Pack members. ball. Help your Cub Leaders find out about a new 6. Cut the wool into 15cm handcraft skill you could learn and someone to lengths and glue onto the teach you all. sock behind the eyes to make the hair. Once you have completed this ask your Leaders Courtesy of the website to mark the activity as completed. http://www.sockholm.com/games2.htm
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How To Make A Kite Make A Useful Article You need the following: There are all sorts of things you and a few of your friends could make, but here is a suggestion that 2 sheets of A4 copy paper would result in something useful for the pack. One drinking straw Make a set of ‘Ten Pin Bowls’ that can be stored 12mm masking tape away ready for a games night. Scissors to cut the tape Coloured pens for You will need: decorating Ten 2 Litre soft drink bottles A pencil and ruler A ball of light string A set of colourful permanent markers Follow these instructions A bucket of water or sand 1. Fold one sheet of A4 paper in half. Mark the 12mm A plastic funnel small enough to fit and 75mm points with a into the top of the bottles pencil and draw a line be- A baseball or small beach ball tween them. What to do: 2. Fold the doubled sheet 1. Remove any advertising labels along the pencil line. 2. Use the marker pens to decorate the bottles - Make designs on paper and wrap the bottles 3. Fold one side back to make - or draw directly on the bottles the second wing (like an 3. Use the funnel to 1/4 fill the bottles with wa- upside down paper dart). ter or sand 4. Turn the kite over and use 4. Replace the caps and they are ready. masking tape to pull and hold the two wings to- gether. The fold below be- comes the fin. Learn Some Campfire Songs / Yells Tape a drinking straw across the top of the Your Sixer or leaders wings to stiffen them. will teach you these songs and yells. Tape both ends only, not Scouts and Cubs the middle or it won’t fly. don’t clap hands when they like a Skit, a song at a campfire or when someone does 5. Take one end of the something really good. ball of string and tape it under the nose, Instead they do a “Yell”. 70mm from the front One you may have heard is B.R.A.V.O, but there as shown. are many others. 6. Cut several Ask your Leader to teach you two yells. strips of paper about 20mm wide from the second sheet of A4 paper. Tape them to the tail as shown. This stabilises the kite. Vary the length until it flies correctly. Page 2 of 2
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CUB SILVER AWARD SKILL SHEET PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT CORNERSTONE 4
RECOMMENDED DISCOVERY SKILLS Complete any three of these options Build a Detective Kit – build the kit to detect animals or spies. Help make a Pack song book. Discover something new and tell the Pack about it. Be an observer of nature and investigate small creatures – record what you have observed.
Build A Detective Kit Be An Observer Of Nature A detective kit can be quite useful and a lot of Here is an opportunity to see what is going on fun. Here are some suggestions for making your around us. Investigate a small creature and re- own kit. You could use it to observe small animals cord what you observe. Tell your Cub Leader what and insects or to detect spies. insect or animal you watched and what they were doing. A lunch or similar plastic box to hold everything Here are some suggestions A small magnifying glass If you have a compost bin at home, turn over Small empty tablet bottles the top of the heap and to hold specimens see what insects you Several Ziploc bags for can see and what you specimens think they are eating or Tweezers for small objects doing. A small notebook Watch a bird such as a A pencil seagull, sparrow, thrush, blackbird or Dark glasses and several caps for disguises mynah and try and A camera. determine what they are eating and where What else would help make a great detective kit? their nest is.
Help Make A Cub Pack Song Book Watch some bees and see what plants they This really needs to involve the whole Six, or the are getting their food whole Pack. from and in what It would also be helpful if the Cub Leader or a direction their hive parent had access to the internet so you can all might be. gather round the computer and listen to the songs and see which ones you would like to in- clude in the song book. Gently turn over the bark on a bark garden If your ‘Six’ selected 3 songs, and other ‘Sixes’ and discover what also chose 3 songs you would soon have enough insects you can find for a good song book for the pack. living beneath it. Here is an excellent Scout website that has a big list of songs and allows you to play the tunes so Watch some ants you can learn them. carefully and see if you can work out where the ants nest is and where they are getting their food from. Look for little piles of fine sand between paving slabs. http://www.49thscoutgroup.co.uk/ Page 1 of 2
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Discover Something New Look around your neighbourhood, or on you way to school, and see if you can see anything that has changed. Tell your Cub Leaders about what you have noticed. Look for these: A house being built A house or shop being painted A new footpath or repairs to a footpath A gardener cutting branches off trees A road being resealed or repaired A street light getting the lamp replaced A bus stop being cleaned or repaired New road signs at an intersection Neighbours who have a new cat or dog A new person in you class at school Neighbours who have changed their car A friend who has a new bicycle A type of truck or bus you've not seen before.
What else have you noticed as you walk along?
Make a list to show your Cub Leaders.
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CUB SILVER AWARD SKILL SHEET NEW EXPERIENCES CORNERSTONE 1
PERSONAL INTEREST, NATIONAL PROGRAMME, GROUP / ZONE EVENT, & PACK CHALLENGE Complete any three of these options Complete a Personal Challenge Badge. Participate in a National Programme event, activity or theme. Participate in a Zone or Regional Event.
Complete A Personal Challenge Examples Of Personal Challenge Badge Badges These badges provide Here are three examples of the badge opportunities for you to earn requirements so you can see what you need to a badge for an interest you do. may already have, and to develop skills in a completely new subject.
The badges are mainly intended to be earned by yourself, by selecting badges that match your own personal interests.
Some badges such as the Conservation Badge may be better attempted as a Pack.
The details of all the badges are found in the back half of the Cub Leaders Handbook. Ask your leader if you can have a look at the requirements.
Your leader can also download the book from the SCOUTS New Zealand internet site free and email your parents a copy if you wish.
Here is a list of the badges
Artist Fishing Athlete Gardening Book Reader Hobbies Collector Home Help Computer User My faith Conservation Pet Keeper Cook Photographer Cyclist Scientist Entertainer Sports First Aider Swimmer
If you would like to attempt an activity not listed, you need to discuss it with your Cub Leaders and agree with them on what you have to do to earn the badge. Page 1 of 2
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Participate in a Pack or Group Participate In One Of These Challenge 1. A National Programme activity This is a Cub Pack 2. Or A Scout Zone or Regional Event activity chosen by the Cub 3. Or A Team or Pack Challenge Leader. It is designed to challenge A National Programme the Pack to try something This activity is usually part of the new or to try something that weekly Cub programme. So if you are attending is just a bit harder than you Cubs you have probably already completed this normally do. requirement. It could something like the following: A Scout Zone or Regional Event Paddle a canoe on a lake or pond This is an annual Zone Cub Camp, a Mud Slide Day, a Raft Race Day, a Campfire Night or any Walk up to a trig station on top of a hill similar event run by the Zone or Region. Ride on a horse When you have attended one event for Bronze, Visit a farm and watch cows or goats being another for Silver and another for Gold you have milked completed this section. Try rock wall climbing Cut thistles on a farm Go on an activity with another Cub Pack. Attend a Scout Group Family Camp.
Complete any three of the options on this sheet. You must complete a new activity and not repeat one done previously.
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